RPL is very pleased to once again host a variety of speakers on topics of current social, political, and economic issues, curated with expertise by Ann and Mike Van Dusen. To start things off, join us on Thursday, June 18 at 10 AM to hear from Dr Nils Daulaire on “Pandemics in an America-First World”. A long-time resident of South Royalton, Dr Daulaire has had a distinguished career as a global health practitioner and policy maker with over three decades of primary health and health policy experience in Africa, Nepal, Asia and Latin America where he directed multiple pioneering maternal and child health research projects. He was Deputy Assistant Administrator for Policy and Senior International Health Advisor for USAID, President and CEO of the Global Health Council, and served in the Obama administration as Assistant Secretary of Health for Global Affairs at HHS and as the US representative to the Executive Board of the World Health Organization.
Later this summer, Dr Joshua Landis, chair of the Center for Middle East Studies at The University of Oklahoma, will be here to talk about “The Changing Balance of Power in the Middle East” on July 9th. On July 23, Ambassador Peter DeShazo will speak on “Venezuela and Beyond: US Policy in Latin America”. Ambassador DeShazo is Visiting Professor of Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies at Dartmouth College. He has had a distinguished and lengthy career in the US foreign service.
More speakers are being added. Information will be released as it becomes available. Stay tuned!
